Compliance Associate

About the position

ROLE OVERVIEW
In a fast-evolving regulatory environment, this role supports the Group's oversight function by ensuring compliance and reporting requirements are met across all business units. The team handles a variety of stakeholder requests-from banks, clients, suppliers and regulators-requiring accurate, up-to-date information on the Group, such as financials, legal structures and headcount. The function is split into two key areas: Reporting (focusing on internal and statutory financial reporting) and Compliance (managing KYC processes, confidential data requests and regulatory policies). This role involves policy formulation, monitoring statutory compliance, process oversight and supporting each business unit's compliance teams.

The Compliance Associate role consists of the following:

• Managing/Oversight of Compliance Calendars and Dashboards for statutory compliance requirements. These compliance calendars include recurring filing deadlines.
• Managing the group company listing including the creation of new companies with all supporting details such as the register of current directors, shareholders and relevant compliance requirements.
• Managing users access to portals (sanctions portals and banking portals)
• Evaluations and summarising of sanctions and fines of clients and suppliers
• Correspondence on day-to-day issues with our banking partners
• Setting up new bank accounts and other products as required- such as guarantees
• Management of related documentation

SKILL SET AND DESIRED COMPETENCIES

• Excellent command of English language
• Ethical and Principled
• Detail-oriented and good judgement
• Maintain effective communication with team members at all times
• Maintain relationships with various internal and external stakeholders
• Time and project management
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Able to deal with pressure
• Analytical, research-driven and good work ethic

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent High School Results
• University undergraduate degree of any background
• Honours degree advantageous
  2-3 years work experience; 1 year of compliance experience advantageous

Desired Skills:

• Excellent matric marks
• Honours degree
• Analytical
• Ethical
• Excellent English
• Compliance
• oversight

Desired Work Experience:

• 2 to 5 years